<!DOCTYPE html PUBLIC "-//W3C//DTD XHTML 1.1 Strict//EN" "http://www.w3.org/TR/xhtml1/DTD/xhtml1-strict.dtd">
<html><head><title>Materials - Stains</title>

<meta http-equiv="content-type" content="text/html; charset=utf-8" />
<meta http-equiv="content-style-type" content="text/css" />
<meta http-equiv="expires" content="" />
<meta name="lang" content="en-US" />
<meta name="template-info" content="NewTopicFile.htm 2010-03-04" />
<meta name="creation-date" scheme="iso8601" content="2014-08-10" />
<meta name="last-modified" scheme="iso8601" content="2014-08-10" />
<meta name="version" content="1" />
<meta name="author" content="Ulrich Sprick" />
<meta name="robots" content="follow" />
<meta name="category" content="Lutherie/Classical Guitar" />
<meta name="keywords" content="lutherie, guitar, material, adhesive." />
<meta name="description" content="" />

<link rel="stylesheet" type="text/css" href="../../../includes/topic-2.css" />
<link rel="stylesheet" type="text/css" href="../includes/local.css" />

<script language="JavaScript" type="text/javascript" src="../../../includes/global.js"></script>
<script language="JavaScript" type="text/javascript" src="../../../includes/cookies.js"></script>
<script language="JavaScript" type="text/javascript" src="../../../includes/topic.js"></script>
<script language="JavaScript" type="text/javascript" src="../includes/local.js"></script>

</head><body class="content" onload="onloadTopic()"><a name="top"></a>

<h1>Stains</h1>

<p>Most wood changes over time in color. Sunlight, especially ultraviolett rays, and oxygen in the air are most likely the reasons. One can protect the wood from air by coating with a lacquer or varnish. UV blockers can be added, but they can only delay the process to a certain degree.</p>

<p>Reddish colors are know to be extraordinary instable, they most likely fade to brown or black over time.</p>

<p>If you can avoid to expose your instrument to the sunlight (or even daylight), then this might not be a problem. Just keep it in a case when the gig is done. But if you prefer to present your instruments on the wall of you living room, then you have no choice: Stains are the olny stable color options.</p>

<dl class="tools" onclick="toolListClick( event );">
<dt>TransTint Liquid Dyes</dt>
<dd><img src="../img/fig-087a.jpg" alt="TransTint" /></dd>
<dd><a href="http://homesteadfinishingproducts.com/transtint-liquid-dyes/">Link</a></dd>
</dl>


<div class="footer"><hr />
<p>Page author: USP &bull; Page editor: USP &bull; Last update: 2014-08-10 &bull; 1</p>
<p>&copy; 2013 Synesis Ulrich Sprick. All rights reserved. See <a href="../../../copyright.htm">Copyright details</a>.</p>
<p><a href="#top">Back to Top</a> | <a ="../../../index.htm" target="_top">Home</a> | <a id="reload" onclick="reloadFrameset()" href ="../../index.htm" target="_top" >Reload Frameset</a></p>
</div></body></html>
